I went to a number of LA HN meetups organized by andrewvc that went really well. You might want to ping him for tips... Usually we had some socializing/network

I went to a number of LA HN meetups organized by andrewvc that went really well. You might want to ping him for tips... Usually we had some socializing/networking time, followed by 1-2 lightning talks and one longer talk, followed by more socializing.